US president suspends security clearance for firm’s staff in further move against lawyers who worked in opposition to him
President Trump signed an executive order Thursday suspending the security clearances of employees who work at Perkins Coie – the powerhouse Democratic law firm that played a key role in commissioning the so-called Steele dossier.
U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday said he would strip Perkins Coie employees of federal security clearances over the law firm's diversity practices and political activities, as he launched a probe into other legal firms.
US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday suspending security clearances and terminating federal contracts with the law firm Perkins Coie. The executive order stated that all
Trump has suspended security clearances at Perkins Coie, which represented Democrat Hillary Clinton, and Covington & Burling, which helped Jack Smith.
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday targeting Perkins Coie, just a week after a similar memo attacking Covingtonn & Burling. The action appears to be in response to Perkins Coie’s enlisting Fusion GPS,
The orders also may represent exceptional acts of retribution against lawyers who have crossed him in the past, they said.
The dishonest and dangerous activity of the law firm Perkins Coie has affected this country for decades,” the order reads, accusing the firm of “undermining democratic elec
President Donald Trump said Thursday he was moving to suspend the security clearances of attorneys at a prominent law firm linked to Democratic-funded opposition research during the 2016 presidential campaign into ties between the Republican candidate and Russia.